August 21
3 events:
1841 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.
1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
1987 - Hard rock band Guns N' Roses release their classic debut Appetite for Destruction.
2 bdays:
1930 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
1938 - Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
2 deaths:
1614 - Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize (b. 1857)
Holiday:
Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines.
1841 - The Venetian blind is first patented in the United States by John Hampson.
1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
1987 - Hard rock band Guns N' Roses release their classic debut Appetite for Destruction.
2 bdays:
1930 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
1938 - Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
2 deaths:
1614 - Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize (b. 1857)
Holiday:
Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines.